Progress Editorial Page Records From World Book of Records
The piece highlights unusual world records from the Book of World Records as compiled by Arizona Public Service Co. Notable feats include a 13 inch flea jump set in 1910 in California, a 102 inch moustache from India, a 136.4 degree shade temperature in Libya in 1922, 23 311 graves dug by a German, and a 30 hour face slapping contest between Russians Bezbordny and Gonlusch.
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Masuriya Din
Uttar Pradesh
India
Yuma
el Centro
al Aziziyah
Libya
Johann Thieme
Bezbordny
Gonlusch
Reagan plays it cool on 1968 bid for Presidency
Roscoe Drummond notes Ronald Reagan aims to remain inactive in primaries, focusing on California governance this year. He could seek a stronger 1968 convention role as a favorite son, while weighing electability and future re election plans amid a field of experienced candidates.
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Calif
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
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Nebraska
Lude
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New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Robert Kennedy
Dick Nixon
GOP
Pakistan
Mohammad Ayub Khan
Wawalpindi
Kosygin
Brézhne
Moscow
Gallup
Nixon
Pat Brown
Right to Die With Dignity Thoughts On End Of Life Care
A conference on the cost of prolonging life condemns heroic measures that extend dying hours. Amid discussions on birth control abortion and narcotics the piece cites a Today's Health article noting patients die with dignity by accepting death rather than being kept alive with tubes and oxygen.
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American Medical Association
William Kitay
Warren Report criticized by Scavengers and Critics
The book The Scavengers and Critics of the Warren Report debunks Warren Report critics of JFKs assassination. Richard Warren-Lewis and Considine Lawrence Schiller cite figures such as Mark Lane Edward Jay Epstein Harold Weisberg and Penn Jones Jr. to challenge conspiracy claims. They quote George C. Thomson who argues 22 bullets were fired while JFK was not present.
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New York
Kennedy
Richard Warren —_ Lewis
Considine Lawrence Schiller
Dell
Mark Lane
Edward Jay Epstein
Harold Weisberg
Penn Jones, Jr
Sylvia Meager
Mort Sahl
Shirley Martin
Maggie Field
Vincent Salandria
Harold Feldman
Leo Sauvage
Warren
George C. Thomson
Glendale
Cal
Lyndon B. Johnson
J. D. Tippitt
JFK
Thomson
Lewis
Schiller
Truman Capote
FBI
Secret Service
Jim Garrison
Witch hunters still here in modern media
Ralph McGill laments contemporary Elizabeth Parrises as neurotic zealots who distort facts. He cites Salem’s witch trials and cites modern letters and columns that portray LBJ as communist. He condemns sensationalist journalism and urges truth over rumor.
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Ralph McGill
Joe McCarthy
Elizabeth Parris
State Department
Salem
Elizabeth Parrises
Democratic education and the chooser in modern schooling
A reader argues that parental control over a daughter’s education should yield to democratic schooling. The letter defends exposing students to multiple life experiences, citing John Stuart Mill and contrasting Brave New World with broader education. It urges sending the daughter to school to become a chooser, not a mere imitator.
Our Man Hoppe in a Spring Day of War and Peace
A reflective piece contrasts a spring afternoon in a city with the ongoing Vietnam War. A Russian cosmonaut falls to Earth and US leaders condemn dissent while a blind street singer and others evoke life’s value. The narrator feels life’s preciousness and the widening gap between real life and strategic power.
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Tra Ped
Bonn
Johnson
New York
Gen. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Scottsdale Daily Progress staff and publication details
Scottsdale Daily Progress is published Monday through Saturday evenings by the Scottsdale Publishing Company at 302 Ball Park Plaza Scottsdale 85252. Kerry McElfresh is Managing Editor and W. B. "Doc" Wright is Assistant Publisher. The paper prints at Scottadale Arizona and notes it cannot accept unsolicited manuscripts or photographs.
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Ball Park Plaza
Scottsdale
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